spotted, while the absence of stolons from his specimens 
does not necessarily justify the conclusion that the 
species to which these specimens belong never is stoloni- 
ferous. The material for our figure has been obtained 
from a plant raised at Kew from seeds collected in 
Formosa by Mr. H. J. Elwes and Mr. W. R. Price, and 
presented by Mr. Elwes. Mr. Price informs us that the 
plant grows at altitudes of 7000 feet above sea-level or 
rather lower, but always in forests. The maximum 
height of wild plants is about a foot, and the seeds were 
taken from quite dwarf plants at Karaping. The plants 
raised from them at Kew have been more luxuriant, 
reaching a height of two feet. Grown in pots in a cool 
house, they flowered in September, 1913, but do not 
promise to be hardy out of doors at Kew, though the 
species is. worthy of a trial in the open in the south- 
western parts of the United Kingdom. 
Dezscription.— Herb, 2 ft. high, with stoloniferous base. 
Stem cylindric, below reddish-purple and } in. thick, in 
the upper half greenish, ;', in. thick, at first hairy, at 
length glabrous. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 
narrowed to the sheathing base, 8 in. long, 1? in. wide, 
their margin ciliate, above glabrous with dark blotches 
and sunk nerves; lateral nerves about three along each 
side, raised and at first pubescent beneath. Jn/lorescence 
lax; peduncle 5 in. long; branches slender, at first 
pubescent. Perianth purple, indistinctly blotched, base 
cream-coloured within, with a clear yellow marginal 
ring; outer segments elliptic, acute, 1 in. long, 2 in. 
wide, pilose outside and 2-lobately saccate at the base; 
inner segments lanceolate, obtuse, 3 in. long, 4 in. wide, 
smooth inside, the midrib dark purple outside, with a 
pale groove along each side. Stamens rather shorter 
than the perianth; filaments reddish-brown, marked 
with yellow spots in the upper portion. Ovary oblong, 
glabrous; style-arms red-purple blotched with yellow, 
and beset with stalked glands. 
Fig. 1, pistil showing portion of the base of the flower; 2, outer perianth 
segment, showing inside of the base; 8 and 4, anthers; 5, sketch of an entire 
plant :—all enlarged except 5, which is much reduced. 
